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Two more Oklahoma school districts have voted against complying with a state law that requires district to provide vouchers for students with special needs to attend private schools. The districts are joining two others that are declining to participate because they claim the program would cause them to violate state laws, including those that prohibit funneling public-school funding to religious or parochial schools.

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More than $700,000 in public-school funds will allow students with special needs to attend private schools this year in Oklahoma, according to state data. The scholarship program was created under a new law, which some critics say is diverting funding from public education to private and religious schools.

Georgia's Supreme Court is hearing a case concerning the funding of and authority over the state's independent charter schools. Seven public-school districts brought the case against the state, and the court is expected to take as long as six months to determine whether the Georgia Charter Schools Commission may establish and fund charters that have been rejected by local school districts.

American Mensa is seeing an increasing number of younger members. More than 1,300 members are younger than 18, and the group aims to provide activities, college scholarships and other resources for teens and young adults who are intellectually gifted. The group is holding its annual testing day to attract new members on Saturday.

Enrollment at Ohio's 27 publicly funded online charter schools has risen by 46% over the past five years, though no new schools have been established. More than 29,000 Ohio students take online courses, with many receiving live video instruction from teachers or interacting with them through whiteboards or other technology.

Almost 400 of Pennsylvania's 501 districts spend about $2,000 less per-pupil than the estimated $18,407 needed to adequately fund special education, according to a new report for the Education Law Center, the Disability Rights Network and Arc of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania distributes special-education funds as if all districts have exactly 16% of students enrolled in special services, but advocates say that may lead some districts to delay special services or special-needs identification and called for a change in the funding formula.